i stumbled across a website describing "yoki kempo," a self-described eclectic style borrowing from, among other things, hsing yi and choy lee fat. but what really interested me was the reference to the ten divine providences (complete with a "bagua-like" chart), a tenrikyo concept. perhaps the concept of the providences was borrowed from traditional shinto ideas (many of the providences share the names of shinto deities, particularly izanagi, tsukiyomi, etc. [and by extension, "itachi techniques..." wotup, naruto fans! :P]), but their organization is clearly tenrikyo.
as i was scanning through the history of the style, i discovered that there was indeed a tie to tenrikyo, something about how the founder (?) was healed by miki nakayama, the foundress of tenrikyo... fascinating stuff.
just google "yoki kempo" and it should pop up.
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